St. Landry democrat., 1887-03-19
THE GOVERNOR ELECTIONEER-
ING
Baton Rouge Truth.

DdLOH FSOuRe 1Fulu
With refreshing naivete some of our
exchanges that favor the present adj
| ADMINISTRATION have suddenly caught the
cue and are saying: "Oh, let us have
| an end of this political agitation. The
gusted by it. We intend to put in our
time now in an effort to develop the
| multifarous agricultural interests of
| Louisiana" Well, this is refreshing.
\ sudden ardent enthusiasm has all at
| once possessed these editors tn develop
the agriculture Of the State. 1t is
strange that many of these agricultural
editors did not develop signs of this
awakening enthusiasm before the cam
paign gave indication of opening. For
| several mouths past these editors have
been able to do their duty by their read
ers by having their columns we'll sea-
| sontd with the political discussions of
the day. Bat all of IA sudden, presto
change, their time is not only wholly
engroSSea with matters pertaining to
the planting interests, but 1t becomes II
crime to write ON political topics. This
is all too thin. it is IL humbug, Il feint
"A subterfugr intended to heguile the
unwary. Every editor in this State is
| watching the political situation with Il
keen interest and All eagle eye, and We
dare one of them to deny it. We will
90 further and dare one to deny that he
is giving more acute thought and vital
energy to political than to agricultural
| subjects, though, az they say, the cleo
| ton ia one year hence and the next
crop is vital, living question of day
| We make these observations not in
hostility to agricultural improvement,
God forbid but in opposition to fla
grant hypocrisy. Who does not be-
lieve that McEnery is a candidate for
| reelection If not, what do his e2
tended visits through North and South
| western Louisiana mean, and what Is
! the import of the secret circular mailed
to various parties throughout the State
| bv the Chairman of the State Central
| Committee ? There ia no dlshnnor in
| this ambition of the Governor but
| this agricultural pretrxt would indicate
| that his newspaper friends are either
| ashamed or afraid to declare if. If yon
have a " bite horse call him white. but
do not call him green. 1T Gov. Nc
| Emery desireS to he a candidate again,
| let his friends come out fairly and
| suunrely and declare him as such; but
do not say that he has abandoned his
executive chair and is on peripHt"tic
tour solely to develop the material in
trrests of the State, for it Is not true.
Gov. McEne,y is no hypocrite, and he
| should not allow his friends to even
| give him the appearance of assuming
that attitude The interest he has
| shown in the two recent conventions Is
commrndabe, and Truth will go as far
rs anyone III giving him due credit
We believe that he has the agricultural
interests Thoroughly at beart, and
would do anything in his executive
ability to advance the farmers fortune.
Bnt is not this only what any good citi
Zen slnnld do2 l. it not what any
good citizen, grateful for such distluc
ton as has been conferred on Gov.
McEnrrv. would do? Then why all
this communion over the performance
of duty merely because it happens to
be outside the official routine? 1t
would seem that this lavish praise
merely for performing the duty of Il
good citizen wound be offensive to the
Governor. The Implication is that it
is unusual, and has even surprised his
friends,